Julia says it was planned with Ryan Murphy, director of the film based on Elizabeth Gilbert's book.

She explained: 'You know, we talked about that because I didn't want people to say, "Well, she's supposed to go to Italy and eat all this food, but she looks the same in the whole thing." So I talked to Ryan about it.'

The plan was to stay true to the original book, which sees Julia's main character gaining weight in Italy.

Julia says: 'I could’ve used a bigger pair of jeans when I went off to (film in) India!'

The film is due for release 24 September – and all this talk of pizza has made us hungry!

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